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Ma ke kakahiaka o Mei 25, 2019, ua ʻike ʻia kahi mea nānā palekana meaʻai ma kahi hale hoʻoheheʻe ʻiʻo Cargill ma Dodge City, Kansas, i kahi ʻike hoʻoweliweli. Ma ka wahi kanu o Chimneys, ua ola mai kekahi bipi Hereford mai ka pana ʻia ʻana ma ka lae me ka pū kī. ʻAʻole paha i nalowale. I kekahi hihia, ʻaʻole pono kēia. Ua nakinaki ʻia ka bipi ma kekahi o kona mau wāwae hope me ke kaula hao a kau ʻia i luna. Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka mea i kapa ʻia e ka ʻoihana ʻiʻo US "nā hōʻailona sensitivity." He "rhythmic" kona hanu. Ua hāmama kona mau maka a e neʻe ana. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e hoʻopololei, ʻo ia ka hana maʻamau o nā holoholona ma ke pio ʻana i ko lākou kua. ʻO ka hōʻailona wale nō i hōʻike ʻole ʻia ʻo ia ka "vocalizing".
Ua kauoha kekahi luna nānā e hana ana no ka USDA i nā luna o nā pua e hoʻōki i nā kaulahao ea neʻe e pili ana i nā pipi a "paʻi" i nā holoholona. Akā, i ka huki ʻana o kekahi o lākou i ke kī o ka pahu lima, ua kuhi hewa ka pu. Ua lawe mai kekahi i pu hou e hoopau i ka hana. "Ua puiwa loa ka holoholona," i kākau ai nā mea nānā i loko o kahi leka e wehewehe ana i ka hanana, me ka ʻike ʻana "ʻo ka manawa mai ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻano maikaʻi ʻole a hiki i ka euthanasia stunned ma kahi o 2 a 3 mau minuke."
ʻEkolu mau lā ma hope o ka hanana, ua hoʻopuka ka USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service i kahi ʻōlelo aʻo e pili ana i ka "hana ʻole o ka mea kanu i ka pale ʻana i ka mālama pono ʻole a me ka luku ʻana i nā holoholona," e hōʻike ana i ka moʻolelo o ka mea kanu. Ua kauoha ʻo FSIS i ke keʻena e hoʻomohala i kahi hoʻolālā hana e hōʻoia ai ʻaʻole e kū hou nā hanana like. Ma ka lā 4 o Iune, ua ʻae ke keʻena i ka hoʻolālā i hōʻike ʻia e ka luna o nā mea kanu a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma kahi leka iā ia e hoʻopaneʻe i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i nā uku. Hiki ke hoʻomau i ke kaulahao a hiki i ka 5,800 bipi hiki ke pepehi ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā.
Ua komo mua au i ka waihona ma ka hopena o ʻOkakopa i ka makahiki i hala, ma hope o ka hana ʻana ma ka mea kanu no ʻehā mahina. No ka loaʻa ʻana iā ia, hele koke mai au i kekahi lā a hele i hope ma ke kaulahao. He mea ʻoiaʻiʻo ka ʻike ʻana i ke kaʻina pepehi kanaka ma hope, e nānā ana i kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu i nā mea e pono ai e hui hou i ka bipi: e hoʻokomo hou i kona mau kino i loko o ka lua kino; e hoopili hou i kona poo i kona ai; huki hou i ka ʻili i loko o ke kino; hoʻihoʻi i ke koko i nā aʻa.
I koʻu kipa ʻana i ka hale pepehi kanaka, ʻike wau i kahi māiʻuʻu ʻoki ʻia e waiho ana i loko o kahi pahu metala ma kahi o ka ʻili, a ʻo ka papahele pōhaku ʻulaʻula i hoʻopiha ʻia me ke koko ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula. I kekahi manawa, ua ʻoki ʻia ka ʻiʻo o ka ʻiʻo mai ke poʻo ʻoki ʻole a me ka ʻili ʻole o ka wahine. ʻO ka mea nānā USDA i hana ma hope ona e hana like ana. Ua nīnau au iā ia i kāna mea e makemake ai e ʻoki. "Lymph nodes," wahi āna. Ua aʻo au ma hope mai e alakaʻi ana ʻo ia i nā nānā maʻamau no ka maʻi a me ka ʻino.
I kaʻu huakaʻi hope loa i ka waihona, ua hoʻāʻo wau e ʻike ʻole. Kū au ma ka paia hope a nānā aku i ʻelua mau kānaka, e kū ana ma luna o kahi paepae, e ʻoki kū pololei ana i ka ʻāʻī o kēlā me kēia pipi e hele ana. I koʻu hiki ke ʻike, ʻaʻole naʻauao nā holoholona a pau, ʻoiai ke kīkī nei kekahi me ka ʻole. Ua hoʻomau au i ka nānā ʻana a hiki i ka luna hoʻokele a nīnau mai iaʻu i kaʻu hana. Ua haʻi wau iā ia makemake wau e ʻike i ke ʻano o kēia ʻāpana o ka mea kanu. "Pono ʻoe e haʻalele," wahi āna. "ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hele mai i ʻaneʻi me ka ʻole o ka maka." Ua kala wau a haʻi aku iā ia e haʻalele wau. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke noho lōʻihi loa. Ke hoʻomaka nei kaʻu hana.
He mea maʻalahi loa ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi hana ma Cargill. ʻEono ʻaoʻao ka lōʻihi o ka noi pūnaewele no ka "hana nui". ʻAʻole iʻoi aku ma mua o 15 mau minuke ke kaʻina hana hoʻopihapiha. ʻAʻole wau i noi ʻia e hoʻouna i kahi resume, e waiho i kahi leka kākoʻo. ʻO ka ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka palapala noi he 14-nīnau pepa, e komo pū me kēia:
"Ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike e ʻoki i ka ʻiʻo me ka pahi (ʻaʻole kēia e komo i ka hana ma ka hale kūʻai a i ʻole deli)?"
"ʻEhia mau makahiki āu i hana ai i loko o kahi mea kanu pipi (e like me ka luku ʻana a i ʻole ka hana ʻana, ma mua o ka hale kūʻai a i ʻole ka deli)?"
"ʻEhia mau makahiki āu i hana ai ma kahi hana hana a hale hana paha (e like me ka laina hui a i ʻole ka hana hana)?"
4 hola 20 minuke ma hope o ke kaomi ʻana i ka "Submit" Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi leka uila e hōʻoia ana i kaʻu nīnauele kelepona i ka lā aʻe (Mei 19, 2020). ʻEkolu mau minuke ka hālāwai ninaninau. I ka nīnau ʻana mai o ka wahine hoʻolaha iaʻu i ka inoa o kaʻu mea hana hou, haʻi aku au iā ia ʻo ka First Church of Christ, ʻepekema, mea hoʻopuka o ka Christian Science Monitor. Mai ka makahiki 2014 a i ka makahiki 2018 ua hana au ma ka Observer. No nā makahiki ʻelua i hala aku nei, ʻo wau ka mea kākau moʻolelo Beijing no ka Observer. Ua haʻalele au i kaʻu hana no ke aʻo ʻana i ka Pākē a lilo i mea manuahi.
Nīnau maila ka wahine i kekahi mau nīnau e pili ana i ka wā a me ke kumu o koʻu haʻalele ʻana. ʻO ka nīnau wale nō i hāʻawi iaʻu i ka hoʻomaha i ka wā o ka nīnauele ʻo ia ka nīnau hope loa.
I ka manawa like, ua ʻōlelo ka wahine "he kuleana koʻu i kahi hāʻawi hana kūlana waha." Ua haʻi mai ʻo ia iaʻu e pili ana i nā kūlana ʻeono a ka hale hana e hoʻolimalima nei. Aia nā kānaka a pau ma ka papa ʻelua, ʻo ia ka manawa mai 15:45 a 12:30 a hiki i ka hola 1 am. ʻEkolu o lākou e pili ana i ka ʻohi ʻana, ʻāpana o ka hale hana i kapa pinepine ʻia he hale pepehi kanaka, a ʻekolu e pili ana i ka hana ʻana, hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka ʻiʻo no ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hale kūʻai a me nā hale ʻai.
Ua hoʻoholo koke wau e loaʻa kahi hana ma kahi hale hana. I ke kauwela, hiki ke piʻi ka mahana o ka hale pepehi kanaka i 100 degere, a e like me ka wehewehe ʻana o ka wahine ma ke kelepona, "ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka ʻala ma muli o ka haʻahaʻa," a laila aia ka hana ponoʻī, nā hana e like me ka ʻili a me ka "hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke alelo." Ma hope o kou huki ʻana i kou alelo, ʻōlelo ka wahine, "Pono ʻoe e kau iā ia ma ka makau." Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻo kāna wehewehe ʻana i ka hale hana ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka medieval a ʻoi aku ka like me kahi hale kūʻai kīʻaha ʻoihana. ʻO kahi pūʻali koa liʻiliʻi o nā limahana ma kahi laina hui i ʻeli, kālua a ʻohi i nā ʻiʻo a pau o nā bipi. ʻO ka mahana ma nā hale hana o ka mea kanu mai 32 a 36 degere. Akā naʻe, haʻi mai ka wahine iaʻu he hana nui ʻoe a "ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i ke anuanu ke hele ʻoe i loko o ka hale."
Ke ʻimi nei mākou i nā hakahaka. Hoʻopau koke ʻia ka mea huki pāpale chuck no ka mea pono e neʻe a ʻoki i ka manawa like. Pono e hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka sternum no ke kumu maʻalahi o ka wehe ʻana i ka manamana lima pectoral ma waena o nā hui ʻaʻole maikaʻi. ʻO ke koena o ka ʻoki hope loa o ka pahu pahu. Wahi a ka wahine, ʻo ka hana e pili ana i ka ʻoki ʻana i nā ʻāpana pahu, "me ka ʻole o ke ʻano o kā lākou hana ʻana." Pehea ka paʻakikī? Kuhi wau. Ua haʻi wau i ka wahine e lawe wau. "Maikaʻi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, a laila haʻi mai iaʻu e pili ana i kaʻu uku hoʻomaka ($16.20 i hoʻokahi hola) a me nā ʻōlelo o kaʻu hāʻawi hana.
Ma hope o kekahi mau pule, ma hope o ka nānā ʻana i ka hope, ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a me ke kino, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi kelepona me ka lā hoʻomaka: Iune 8, i ka Pōʻakahi aʻe. Noho au me koʻu makuahine mai ka waena o Malaki ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi coronavirus, a ma kahi o ʻehā hola kaʻa mai Topeka a i Dodge City. Ua hoʻoholo wau e haʻalele i ka lā Sābati.
I ka pō ma mua o ko mākou haʻalele ʻana, hele mākou me koʻu makuahine i ka hale o koʻu kaikuahine a me koʻu kaikoʻeke no ka ʻaina ʻaina steak. "ʻO kēia paha kāu mea hope loa," wahi a koʻu kaikuahine i kona kāhea ʻana a kono iā mākou i kona wahi. Ua ʻai koʻu kaikoʻeke i ʻelua 22-auneke ribeye steaks nona iho a me aʻu he 24-auneke tenderloin na koʻu makuahine a me koʻu kaikuahine. Ua kōkua au i koʻu kaikuahine e hoʻomākaukau i ka ʻaoʻao: ʻuala mashed a me nā pīni ʻōmaʻomaʻo i hoʻomoʻa ʻia i ka pata a me ka momona puaʻa. He meaʻai maʻamau i kuke ʻia i ka home no ka ʻohana waena ma Kansas.
Ua maikaʻi ka steak e like me nā mea aʻu i hoʻāʻo ai. He mea paʻakikī ke wehewehe ʻana me ke kani ʻole ʻana e like me ka pāʻoihana a Applebee: ʻāhiu ʻōpala, waiʻona, ʻiʻo palupalu. Hoʻāʻo au e ʻai mālie i hiki iaʻu ke ʻono i kēlā me kēia nahu. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻaʻole liʻuliʻu ua lawe ʻia au e ke kamaʻilio ʻana a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole, hoʻopau wau i kaʻu ʻai. Ma kahi mokuʻāina me ka ʻoi aku ma mua o ka pālua o ka heluna o nā pipi, ʻoi aku ma mua o 5 biliona paona pipi i hana ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki, a he nui nā ʻohana (me koʻu a me koʻu mau kaikuahine ʻekolu i ko mākou wā ʻōpiopio) hoʻopiha i kā lākou pahu hau me ka pipi i kēlā me kēia makahiki. He mea maʻalahi ka lawe ʻana i ka pipi.
Aia ka hale kanu Cargill ma ka ʻaoʻao hema hema o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Dodge, ma kahi kokoke i kahi hale hana ʻiʻo ʻoi aku ka nui a ka National Beef. Aia nā kahua ʻelua ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ʻelua mau mile o ke ala weliweli loa ma ke komohana hema o Kansas. Aia nā mea kanu hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai a me kahi wahi hānai ma kahi kokoke. No nā lā i hala aku nei ua maʻi au i ka ʻala o ka waika lactic, hydrogen sulfide, feces a me ka make. ʻO ka wela e hoʻomāhuahua wale i ke kūlana.
ʻO nā pāpū kiʻekiʻe o ke komohana hema ʻo Kansas kahi hale no nā mea kanu ʻai ʻai nui ʻehā: ʻelua ma Dodge City, hoʻokahi ma Liberty City (National Beef) a me kahi kokoke i Garden City (Tyson Foods). Ua lilo ʻo Dodge City i home no ʻelua mea kanu meatpacking, kahi coda kūpono i ka mōʻaukala mua o ke kūlanakauhale. Hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1872 e ka Atchison, Topeka a me Santa Fe Railroad, ʻo ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Dodge i kahi mua o nā mea hahai holoholona. Ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o nā holoholona pipi i hele mua ma nā Pāpū Nui (ʻaʻole e haʻi i ka poʻe ʻōiwi ʻAmelika i noho mua ma laila), ua huli ke kūlanakauhale i ke kālepa holoholona.
Ma kahi kokoke i ka pō, ua lilo ʻo Dodge City, ma ka ʻōlelo a kahi kanaka kālepa koʻikoʻi kūloko, "ka mākeke pipi nui loa ma ka honua." He wā ia o nā loio e like me Wyatt Earp a me nā mea puʻupuʻu e like me Doc Holliday, piha i ka piliwaiwai, nā pū a me nā hakakā pā. ʻO ka haʻaheo ʻo Dodge City i kāna hoʻoilina Wild West he mea haʻahaʻa loa ia, a ʻaʻohe wahi e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kēia, ʻōlelo paha kekahi poʻe i ka mythologized, hoʻoilina ma mua o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Boot Hill. Aia ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Boot Hill ma 500 W. Wyatt Earp Avenue, ma kahi o Gunsmoke Row a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Gunslinger Wax, a ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma kahi hoʻopiʻi piha o ke alanui Front kaulana. Hiki i ka poʻe kipa ke leʻaleʻa i ka pia ma ka Long Branch Saloon a i ʻole ke kūʻai ʻana i nā kopa i hana lima ʻia a me ka fudge homemade ma ka Rath & Co. General Store. Loaʻa i nā kamaʻāina ʻo Ford County ke komo manuahi i ka hale hōʻikeʻike, a ua hoʻohana pinepine wau i kēia kauwela i koʻu neʻe ʻana i kahi lumi lumi hoʻokahi ma kahi kokoke i ka VFW kūloko.
Eia naʻe, ʻoiai ka waiwai o ka moʻolelo ʻo Dodge City, ʻaʻole i lōʻihi kona au Wild West. I ka makahiki 1885, ma lalo o ka piʻi nui ʻana mai o ka poʻe hānai holoholona, ​​ua pāpā ka ʻAhaʻōlelo ʻo Kansas i ka lawe ʻana mai o nā pipi o Texas i loko o ka mokuʻāina, e hoʻopau koke ana i ka hoʻokele pipi o ke kūlanakauhale. No nā makahiki he kanahiku e hiki mai ana, ua noho mālie ʻo Dodge City i kahi kaiāulu mahiʻai. A laila, i ka makahiki 1961, ua wehe ʻo Hyplains Dressed Beef i ka hale hana ʻiʻo mua o ke kūlanakauhale (e lawelawe ʻia nei e National Beef). I ka makahiki 1980, ua wehe kahi hui ʻo Cargill i kahi mea kanu kokoke. Ke hoʻi nei ka hana pipi i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Dodge.
ʻO nā mea kanu meatpacking ʻehā, me ka hui pū ʻana o nā poʻe ʻoi aku ma mua o 12,800, aia i waena o nā mea hana nui loa ma ke komohana hema o Kansas, a ke hilinaʻi nei nā mea āpau i nā malihini e kōkua i nā limahana i kā lākou laina hana. "Ke ola nei ka poʻe packer ma ka ʻōlelo, 'Kūkulu ia a hiki mai lākou,'" Ua haʻi mai ʻo Donald Stull, he kanaka anthropologist i aʻo i ka ʻoihana ʻiʻo ʻiʻo no nā makahiki he 30. "ʻO ia ka mea i hana ʻia."
Ua hoʻomaka ka boom i nā makahiki 1980 mua me ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā mea mahuka Vietnamese a me nā malihini mai Mexico a me Central America, wahi a Stull. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hele mai ka poʻe mahuka mai Myanmar, Sudan, Somalia a me Democratic Republic of Congo e hana i ka mea kanu. I kēia lā, kokoke i ka hapakolu o nā kamaʻāina ʻo Dodge City he hānau haole, a ʻekolu hapalima he Hispanic a Latino paha. I koʻu hōʻea ʻana i ka hale hana i kaʻu lā mua o ka hana, ʻehā mau hae i puka mai ma ka puka, i kākau ʻia ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, Paniolo, Palani a me Somali, e ʻōlelo ana i nā limahana e noho i ka home inā loaʻa iā lākou nā hōʻailona o COVID-19.
Ua hoʻohana au i ka hapa nui o koʻu mau lā mua ʻelua ma ka hale hana i loko o kahi lumi papa puka ʻole ma kahi kokoke i ka hale pepehi kanaka me ʻeono mau limahana hou. ʻO ka lumi he beige cinder block paia a me nā kukui fluorescent. Aia ma ka paia kokoke i ka puka, he ʻelua pepa, hoʻokahi ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania a ʻo kekahi ma Somali, e heluhelu ana, “E lawe mai i ka pipi i nā kānaka.” Ua hoʻohana ka Lunamakaʻāinana HR i ka hapa maikaʻi o nā lā ʻelua o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana me mākou, me ka ʻike pono ʻaʻole mākou e nalowale i ka misionari. "He hui honua ʻo Cargill," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi hōʻike PowerPoint lōʻihi. "Ke hānai nui nei mākou i ka honua. ʻO ia ke kumu i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka coronavirus, ʻaʻole mākou i pani. No ka mea ua pololi olua, ea?"
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Iune, ua koi ʻo Covid-19 i ka pani ʻana o ka liʻiliʻi o 30 mau mea kanu meatpacking ma US a ua hopena i ka make o ka liʻiliʻi o 74 mau limahana, e like me ka Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. Ua hōʻike ka hale kanu Cargill i kāna hihia mua ma ʻApelila 13. Hōʻike ka ʻikepili olakino olakino ma Kansas ma mua o 600 o nā limahana 2,530 o ka mea kanu i hoʻopaʻa i ka COVID-19 i 2020. Ma kahi o ʻehā mau kānaka i make.
I Malaki, ua hoʻomaka ka mea kanu e hoʻokō i kahi ʻano o nā kaʻina hele kaiapuni, me nā mea i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Ua hoʻonui ka hui i nā manawa hoʻomaha, hoʻokomo i nā ʻāpana plexiglass ma nā papaʻaina cafe a hoʻokomo i nā pale plastik mānoanoa ma waena o nā hale hana ma kāna mau laina hana. I ka pule ʻekolu o ʻAukake, ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻāpana metala i loko o nā lumi hoʻomaha o nā kāne, e hāʻawi ana i nā limahana i kahi manawa (a me ka pilikino) kokoke i nā mimi kila kila.
Ua hoʻolimalima pū ka mea kanu iā Examinetics e hoʻāʻo i nā limahana ma mua o kēlā me kēia neʻe. I loko o kahi hale lole keʻokeʻo ma ka puka o ka mea kanu, kahi hui o nā limahana lapaʻau e hoʻohana ana i nā masks N95, nā uhi keʻokeʻo a me nā mīkina lima i nānā i nā mahana a hāʻawi ʻia i nā masks disposable. Hoʻokomo ʻia nā kiʻi kiʻi wela ma ka mea kanu no ka nānā ʻana i ka wela. Pono nā uhi maka. Hoʻohana mau wau i kahi mask disposable, akā koho nā limahana ʻē aʻe e ʻaʻahu i nā gaiters polū me ka logo International Union of Food and Commercial Workers a i ʻole bandana ʻeleʻele me ka logo Cargill a, no kekahi kumu, #Extraordinary paʻi ʻia ma luna o lākou.
ʻAʻole ʻo ka maʻi Coronavirus wale nō ka pilikia olakino ma ka mea kanu. ʻIke ʻia ka pōʻino o ka ʻiʻo ʻiʻo. Wahi a Human Rights Watch, hōʻike nā helu aupuni mai ka makahiki 2015 a hiki i ka 2018, e nalowale ka ʻiʻo a i ʻole ka mea hana moa i nā ʻāpana kino a i ʻole e mālama ʻia i ka haukapila i kēlā me kēia lā a i ʻole. I kāna lā mua o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, ua ʻōlelo kekahi limahana hou ʻeleʻele mai Alabama ua kū ʻo ia i kahi kūlana pōʻino ʻoiai ʻo ia e hana ana ma ke ʻano he packer ma kahi mea kanu National Beef kokoke. ʻOlokaʻa aʻela ʻo ia i kona lima ʻākau, a ʻike ʻia kahi ʻili ʻehā iniha ma waho o kona kuʻekuʻe. "Aneane au e lilo i waiu kokoleka," wahi āna.
Ua haʻi kekahi ʻelele HR i kahi moʻolelo like e pili ana i kahi kanaka i paʻa ka lima i ke kāʻei conveyor. "Ua nalowale kona lima i kona hele ʻana mai i ʻaneʻi," wahi āna, me ke kuhikuhi ʻana i ka hapalua o kāna bicep hema. Noʻonoʻo ʻo ia no kekahi manawa a neʻe i ka slide PowerPoint aʻe: "He segue maikaʻi kēia i loko o ka hana ʻino." Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e wehewehe i ke kulekele pale ʻole a Cargill i nā pū.
No ka hola aʻe a me ʻumikūmālima minuke, e nānā mākou i ke kālā a pehea e hiki ai i nā uniona ke kōkua iā mākou e hoʻonui i ke kālā. Ua haʻi mai nā luna o ka hui iā mākou ua kūkākūkā ka UFCW kūloko i kahi hoʻonui mau $2 no nā limahana a pau o ka hola. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia ma muli o nā hopena o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi, e loaʻa pū nā limahana āpau i ka "uku uku" hou o $ 6 i kēlā me kēia hola e hoʻomaka ana i ka hopena o ʻAukake. E hopena kēia i ka uku hoʻomaka o $24.20. I ka lā aʻe ma hope o ka ʻaina awakea, haʻi mai kekahi kanaka mai Alabama iaʻu i kona makemake nui e hana i ka manawa hoʻomaha. "Ke hana nei au i kaʻu hōʻaiʻē i kēia manawa," wahi āna. "E hana nui mākou a ʻaʻole loaʻa ka manawa e hoʻolilo i ke kālā āpau."
I koʻu lā ʻekolu ma ka hale kanu Cargill, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hihia coronavirus ma United States i 2 miliona. Akā ua hoʻomaka ka mea kanu e hoʻōla mai ka wana mua o ka puna. (Ua hāʻule ka hana ʻana ma ka mea kanu ma kahi o 50% i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Mei, e like me ka leka uila mai ka luna hoʻomalu pili aupuni mokuʻāina o Cargill i ke Kakauolelo o ka Mahiai ʻo Kansas, a ua loaʻa iaʻu ma hope mai kahi noi palapala lehulehu.) . hoʻololi lua. He ʻumiʻumi keʻokeʻo mānoanoa kona, ʻaʻole naʻe kona manamana lima ʻākau, a kamaʻilio hauʻoli. "Ke kuʻi wale nei i ka pā," lohe au iā ia e haʻi ana i kahi mea hana ʻaelike e hoʻoponopono ana i kahi ea hau hau. “I ka pule i hala aku nei he 4,000 mau malihini kipa i ka lā. I kēia pule, aia paha mākou ma kahi o 4,500.
Ma ka hale hana, ua hana ʻia kēlā mau bipi a pau i loko o kahi lumi nui i piha i nā kaulahao kila, nā kāʻei conveyor plastic paʻakikī, nā mea hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka nui o ka ʻoihana a me nā pūʻulu pahu pahu. Akā, hele mua mai ka lumi anuanu, kahi e kau ai ka pipi ma kona ʻaoʻao no ka awelika o 36 mau hola ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana i ka hale pepehi. Ke lawe ʻia lākou i ka pepehi ʻia, hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā ʻaoʻao i mua a me nā ʻaoʻao hope, a laila ʻoki ʻia i ʻāpana liʻiliʻi a hiki ke kūʻai aku. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia lākou a waiho ʻia i loko o nā pahu no ka hāʻawi ʻana. I ka wā maʻi ʻole, he awelika o 40,000 pahu e haʻalele i ka mea kanu i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻo kēlā me kēia ma waena o 10 a me 90 paona. Kūʻai ʻo McDonald a me Taco Bell, Walmart a me Kroger i ka pipi mai Cargill. Hoʻohana ka hui i ʻeono mau mea kanu pipi ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa; aia ka nui loa ma Dodge City.
ʻO ka loina koʻikoʻi o ka ʻoihana hoʻopili ʻiʻo "ʻaʻole e pau ke kaulahao." Hoʻoikaika ka hui e mālama i kāna mau laina hana e holo wikiwiki i ka hiki. Akā hiki ke lohi. ʻO nā pilikia mechanical ke kumu maʻamau; ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā pani ʻana i hoʻomaka ʻia e nā mea nānā USDA ma muli o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻana a i ʻole nā ​​hanana "hana hoʻomāinoino", e like me ka mea i hana ʻia ma ka hale kanu ʻo Cargill i ʻelua makahiki i hala. Kōkua kēlā me kēia limahana i ka holo ʻana o ka laina hana ma o ka "huki helu," he huaʻōlelo ʻoihana no ka hana ʻana i kā lākou ʻāpana o ka hana. ʻO ke ala ʻoiaʻiʻo e nalowale ai ka mahalo o kāu mau hoa hana, ʻo ka hāʻule mau ʻana ma hope o kāu helu, no ka mea, ʻo ia ka mea e hana hou lākou i ka hana. ʻO nā hakakā koʻikoʻi loa aʻu i ʻike ai ma ke kelepona i hana ʻia i ka wā e hoʻomaha ana kekahi. ʻAʻole i piʻi aʻe kēia mau hakakā i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka hoʻōho ʻana a i ʻole ke kuʻekuʻe wāwae i kekahi manawa. Inā pau ke kūlana, kāhea ʻia ka foreman ma ke ʻano he uwao.
Hāʻawi ʻia nā limahana hou i kahi manawa hoʻokolokolo 45-lā e hōʻoia i hiki iā lākou ke hana i ka mea a nā mea kanu Cargill i kapa ʻia he "hana akamai". I kēia manawa, mālama ʻia kēlā me kēia kanaka e kahi mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa. He 30 mau makahiki ko'u kumu a'o, he mau mahina o'u wale no, me na maka akaaka a me na poohiwi akea. He lālā ʻo ia o ka lāhui Karen i hōʻino ʻia ma Myanmar. ʻO Par Tau kona inoa, akā ma hope o kona lilo ʻana i kamaʻāina ʻAmelika ma 2019, ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i kona inoa i Billion. I koʻu nīnau ʻana iā ia pehea ʻo ia i koho ai i kona inoa hou, ua pane ʻo ia, "Malia paha i kekahi lā e lilo wau i piliona." Ua ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia, me he mea lā ua hilahila ke haʻi aku i kēia ʻāpana o kāna moeʻuhane ʻAmelika.
Ua hānau ʻia ka piliona ma 1990 ma kahi kauhale liʻiliʻi ma Myanmar hikina. Aia nā kipi ʻo Karen i waena o kahi kipi lōʻihi i ke aupuni kūloko o ka ʻāina. Ua hoʻomau ka hakakā a hiki i ka millennium hou - kekahi o nā kaua kīwila lōʻihi loa o ka honua - a koi aku i nā ʻumi tausani o ka poʻe Karen e holo ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka palena i Thailand. ʻO Billion kekahi o lākou. I ka piha ʻana o kona mau makahiki he 12, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e noho ma kahi hoʻomoana o ka poʻe mahuka ma laila. I ka makahiki 18, ua neʻe ʻo ia i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, mua i Houston a laila i Garden City, kahi āna i hana ai ma ka hale hana ʻo Tyson kokoke. Ma 2011, ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi hana me Cargill, kahi āna e hoʻomau nei e hana i kēia lā. E like me nā Karens he nui i hele mai i Garden City ma mua ona, hele ʻo Billion i ka Grace Bible Church. Ma laila ʻo ia i hui ai me Tou Kwee, ʻo Dahlia kona inoa Pelekane. Ua hoʻomaka lāua e pili i ka makahiki 2009. I ka makahiki 2016, ua hānau ʻia kā lāua keiki mua, ʻo Shine. Ua kūʻai lāua i hale a male lāua i ʻelua makahiki ma hope.
He kumu hoʻomanawanui ʻo Yi. Ua hōʻike mai ʻo ia iaʻu pehea e hoʻokomo ai i ka ʻaʻahu kaulahao, kekahi mau mīkina lima, a me kahi lole pulupulu keʻokeʻo e like me ka mea i hana ʻia no ka naita. Ma hope mai, hāʻawi mai ʻo ia iaʻu i kahi makau kila me kahi ʻālani alani a me kahi puʻu plastik me ʻekolu mau pahi like, ʻo kēlā me kēia me ka lima ʻeleʻele a me ka pahi ʻeono iniha ʻōniʻoniʻo iki, a lawe iaʻu i kahi ākea ma kahi o 60 kapuaʻi ma waena. . – Ke kāʻei lawe lōʻihi. Ua wehe ʻo Billion i ka pahi a hōʻike i ke ʻano o ka hoʻokala ʻana me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pahi paona. A laila, hele ʻo ia i ka hana, ʻokiʻoki i nā ʻāpana o ka cartilage a me ka iwi a haehae i nā puʻupuʻu lōʻihi a lahilahi mai nā pahu pahu nui i hala iā mākou ma ka laina hui.
Ua hana maʻamau ʻo Bjorn, a kū wau ma hope ona a nānā. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻōlelo ʻo ia iaʻu, ʻo ka ʻoki ʻana i ka ʻiʻo liʻiliʻi e like me ka hiki. (E like me ka ʻōlelo ʻana a kekahi luna hoʻokō: “ʻOi aku ka ʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ke kālā.”) ʻO ka piliona ka mea maʻalahi ka hana. Me ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻiʻo he 30 mau paona, ʻo ka paʻi ʻana o ka makau, ua huki ʻo ia i nā ligaments mai loko mai o kona mau ʻāpana. "E lawe i kou manawa," ʻōlelo ʻo ia iaʻu ma hope o kā mākou hoʻololi ʻana i nā wahi.
Ua ʻoki au i ka ʻāpana laina aʻe a ua kahaha i ka maʻalahi o ka ʻoki ʻana o kaʻu pahi i ka ʻiʻo hau. Ua ʻōlelo mai ʻo Billion iaʻu e hoʻokala i ka pahi ma hope o kēlā me kēia ʻoki. I koʻu kokoke ʻana i ka ʻumi ʻumi, ua loaʻa iaʻu ka ʻaoʻao o ka makau me ka maka. Ua noi mai ʻo Billion iaʻu e hoʻōki i ka hana. "E akahele, mai hana i keia," wahi ana, a ua hoike mai ka helehelena o kona mau helehelena ia'u ua hana hewa nui au. ʻAʻohe mea ʻino ma mua o ka ʻoki ʻana i ka ʻiʻo me ka pahi ʻūlū. Wehe au i ka mea hou mai kona puʻu a hoʻi i ka hana.
Ke nānā aku nei au i koʻu wā i loko o kēia keʻena, manaʻo wau he laki wau i ka manawa wale nō i loko o ke keʻena kahu hānai. Ua loaʻa kahi hanana i manaʻo ʻole ʻia ma ka lā 11 ma hope o koʻu hele ʻana ma ka pūnaewele. I koʻu hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻohuli i kahi ʻāpana pahu pahu, ua nalowale au i ka mana a hoʻopaʻa i ka piko o ka makau i ka poho o kuʻu lima ʻākau. "E ho'ōla ia i loko o kekahi mau lā," i ʻōlelo ai ke kahu hānai me ka hoʻopili ʻana i kahi kaula i ka ʻeha hapalua iniha. Ua haʻi mai ʻo ia iaʻu ua mālama pinepine ʻo ia i nā ʻeha e like me aʻu.
I nā pule e hiki mai ana, nānā mai ʻo Billon iaʻu i kekahi manawa i kaʻu mau neʻe ʻana, paʻi mai iaʻu ma ka poʻohiwi a nīnau mai, "Pehea ʻoe, e Mike, ma mua o kona haʻalele ʻana?" I kekahi manawa noho ʻo ia a kamaʻilio. Inā ʻike ʻo ia ua luhi au, hiki iā ia ke lawe i ka pahi a hana pū me aʻu no kekahi manawa. I kekahi manawa ua nīnau au iā ia i ka nui o ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka maʻi i ka wā o ka maʻi COVID-19 i ka pūnāwai. "ʻAe, nui," wahi āna. "Ua loaʻa iaʻu i kekahi mau pule i hala aku nei."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Billion ua loaʻa paha ʻo ia i ka maʻi mai kahi mea āna i holo ai ma ke kaʻa. Ua koi ʻia ʻo Billion e quarantine ma ka home no ʻelua pule, e hoʻāʻo ana e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia iho mai Shane lāua ʻo Dahlia, ʻewalu mau mahina i hāpai ʻia i kēlā manawa. Moe ʻo ia ma ka papahele a ʻaʻole i piʻi i luna. Akā i ka pule ʻelua o ka quarantine, ua loaʻa ʻo Dalia i ke kuni a me ka ʻā. I kekahi mau lā ma hope mai ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e loaʻa nā pilikia hanu. Lawe ʻo Ivan iā ia i ka haukapila, hoʻokipa iā ia a hoʻopili iā ia i ka oxygen. ʻEkolu lā ma hope mai, hoʻokomo nā kauka i ka hana. I ka lā 23 o Mei, ua hānau ʻo ia he keikikāne olakino. Kapa lākou iā ia ʻo "Smart".
Ua haʻi mai ʻo Billion iaʻu i kēia mau mea a pau ma mua o kā mākou hoʻomaha ʻaina awakea he 30 mau minuke, a hele mai wau e mālama i nā mea āpau, a me ka hoʻomaha ʻana he 15 mau minuke ma mua o ia. Ua hana au i loko o ka hale hana no ʻekolu pule, a ʻeha pinepine koʻu mau lima. I koʻu ala ʻana i ke kakahiaka, ʻoʻoleʻa a pehu koʻu mau manamana lima a hiki ʻole iaʻu ke kulou. Lawe pinepine au i ʻelua papa ibuprofen ma mua o ka hana. Inā mau ka ʻeha, e lawe hou au i ʻelua mau kau i ka wā hoʻomaha. Ua ʻike au he hopena maikaʻi kēia. No ka nui o kaʻu mau hoa hana, ʻo ka oxycodone a me ka hydrocodone nā lāʻau ʻeha i koho ʻia. (Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻōlelo a Cargill ʻaʻole ʻike ka ʻoihana i nā ʻano o ka hoʻohana hewa ʻole ʻana o kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua ma kāna mau keʻena.)
ʻO kahi hoʻololi maʻamau i ke kauwela i hala: Ua huki au i ka hale kaʻa hale hana ma 3:20 pm Wahi a ka hōʻailona Digital Bank aʻu i hala ma ke ala ma ʻaneʻi, ʻo ka mahana ma waho he 98 degere. ʻO kaʻu kaʻa, he Kia Spectra 2008 me 180,000 mau mile ma luna ona, ua pōʻino nui ka huahekili a ua hāʻule nā ​​puka makani ma muli o ka haki ʻana i ka ea. ʻO ia hoʻi, ke pā mai ka makani mai ka hikina hema, hiki iaʻu ke honi i ka mea kanu ma mua o koʻu ʻike ʻana.
Ua ʻaʻahu au i ka pālule pulupulu kahiko, nā kāmeʻa Levi, nā pūkini huluhulu, a me nā kāmaʻa wāwae kila Timberland aʻu i kūʻai ai ma kahi hale kūʻai kāmaʻa kūloko no ka uku he 15% me kaʻu ID Cargill. I ka wā i paʻa ai, hoʻokomo au i koʻu ʻupena lauoho a me koʻu pāpale paʻa a hopu i kaʻu pahu ʻaina awakea a me ka lole huluhulu mai ka noho hope. Ma ke ala i ka puka nui o ka mea kanu, ua hala au i kahi pale. Aia ma loko o nā pā he mau haneli bipi e kali ana i ka pepehi ʻia. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana iā lākou e ola ana, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o kaʻu hana, akā ke nānā aku nei au iā lākou. Ua hakakā kekahi me nā hoalauna. ʻO kekahi poʻe i ʻāʻī i ko lākou ʻāʻī me he mea lā e ʻike i ka mea e hiki mai ana.
I koʻu komo ʻana i loko o ka hale lole lapaʻau no ka nānā ʻana i ke olakino, ua nalowale nā ​​bipi mai ka ʻike ʻana aku. I koʻu manawa, ua kāhea mai kekahi wahine paʻa iaʻu. Ua kau ʻo ia i ka thermometer ma koʻu lae, hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kahi mask a nīnau i nā nīnau maʻamau. I kona haʻi ʻana mai iaʻu ua kūʻokoʻa wau e hele, ua hoʻokomo wau i koʻu maka, haʻalele i ka hale lole a hele ma waena o nā turnstiles a me ka uhi palekana. Aia ka papahele pepehi ma ka hema; pololei ka hale hana, e ku pono ana i ka hale hana. Ma ke ala, ua hala au i nā haneli o nā limahana hana mua e haʻalele ana i ka hana. Nānā lākou i ka luhi a me ke kaumaha, mahalo i ka pau ʻana o ka lā.
Ua kū iki au ma ka hale ʻaina e lawe i ʻelua ibuprofen. Hoʻokomo au i koʻu ʻaʻahu a kau i kaʻu pahu ʻaina awakea ma ka papa lāʻau. A laila, hele au ma ke alahele lōʻihi e hiki ai i ka papahele hana. Ua hoʻokomo au i nā pani pepeiao ʻōhuhi a hele au ma nā puka lua e koli ana. Ua piha ka papahele i ka walaʻau o nā mīkini ʻenehana. No ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka walaʻau a pale aku i ka luhi, hiki i nā limahana ke hoʻolilo i $45 ma nā pahu pepeiao 3M i ʻae ʻia e ka hui, ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻae ʻana ʻaʻole lawa lākou e pale i ka walaʻau a mālama i ka poʻe mai ka hoʻolohe ʻana i ke mele. (He kakaikahi ka mea i pilikia i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka hoʻolohe ʻana i ke mele me ka hana ʻana i kahi hana weliweli.) ʻO kekahi koho ʻē aʻe ʻo ke kūʻai ʻana i ʻelua o nā headphone Bluetooth i ʻae ʻole ʻia e hiki iaʻu ke hūnā ma lalo o koʻu ʻāʻī. ʻIke wau i kekahi poʻe e hana i kēia a ʻaʻole lākou i hopu ʻia, akā ua hoʻoholo wau ʻaʻole e lawe i ka pilikia. Ua paʻa wau i nā pani pepeiao maʻamau a hāʻawi ʻia i nā mea hou i kēlā me kēia Pōʻakahi.
No ke kiʻi ʻana i kaʻu wahi hana, hele au i ke ala a iho i lalo i ke alapiʻi e hiki ai i ke kāʻei lawe. ʻO ka conveyor kekahi o nā kaukani e holo ana ma nā lālani lōʻihi ma lalo o ke kikowaena o ka papahele hana. Kapa ʻia kēlā me kēia lālani he "papa", a he helu ko kēlā me kēia pākaukau. Ua hana au ma ka papa helu ʻelua: ka pākaukau pahu pahu. Aia nā papa ʻaina no nā shanks, brisket, tenderloin, puni a ʻoi aku. ʻO nā papaʻaina kekahi o nā wahi nui loa o ka hale hana. Noho au ma ka papa ʻaina ʻelua, ʻaʻole i emi iho i ʻelua kapuaʻi mai ke koʻokoʻo ma kēlā ʻaoʻao oʻu. Manaʻo ʻia nā pale palaki e kōkua i ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana no ka nele o ka hele ʻana i ka nohona, akā ʻo ka hapa nui o kaʻu mau hoa hana e holo nei i nā pale a puni nā koʻokoʻo metala a lākou e kau ai. Ua maʻalahi kēia i ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea e hiki mai ana, a ʻaʻole koke wau e hana like. (Ua hōʻole ʻo Cargill i ka hapa nui o nā limahana e wehe i nā pale.)
Ma ka hola 3:42, paʻa wau i kaʻu ID a hiki i ka uaki kokoke i koʻu pākaukau. He ʻelima mau minuke e hōʻea ai nā limahana: mai ka hola 3:40 a i ka hola 3:45. ʻO ka hiki ʻana i ka lohi ka hopena i ka nalowale o ka hapalua o nā helu hele (ʻo ka lilo ʻana o 12 mau helu i loko o ka mahina 12 hiki ke hopena i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia). Piʻi au i ke kāʻei conveyor e kiʻi i kaʻu mau mea hana. Hoʻokomo au i kaʻu wahi hana. Hoʻokala au i ka pahi a ʻō aku koʻu mau lima. Ua kuʻi mai kekahi o koʻu mau hoa hana iaʻu i ko lākou hele ʻana. Nānā au ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka pākaukau a ʻike aku i ʻelua Mekiko e kū kokoke ana kekahi i kekahi, e keʻa ana iā lākou iho. Hana lākou i kēia ma ka hoʻomaka o kēlā me kēia neʻe.
ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, hoʻomaka nā ʻāpana collet e wehe mai ke kāʻei conveyor, e neʻe ana mai ka ʻākau a hema ma koʻu ʻaoʻao o ka papaʻaina. ʻEhiku mau iwi iwi i mua oʻu. ʻO kā lākou hana ka wehe ʻana i nā iwi mai ka ʻiʻo. ʻO kēia kekahi o nā hana paʻakikī loa ma ka mea kanu (ʻo ka pae ʻewalu ka paʻakikī, ʻelima mau pae ma luna o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka chuck a hoʻohui i $6 i ka hola i ka uku). Pono ka hana i ka pololei a me ka ikaika ʻino: ʻo ka pololei e ʻoki kokoke i ka iwi e like me ka hiki, a me ka ikaika e ʻoki ʻole i ka iwi. ʻO kaʻu hana ʻo ka ʻoki ʻana i nā iwi a me nā ligament a pau ʻaʻole i komo i loko o ka iwi iwi. ʻO ia kaʻu i hana ai no nā hola 9 e hiki mai ana, hoʻomaha wale no 15 mau minuke hoʻomaha ma 6:20 a me 30 mau minuke hoʻomaha ʻaina ahiahi ma 9:20. "ʻAʻole nui loa!" uē koʻu luna ke loaʻa iaʻu e ʻoki ana i ka ʻiʻo nui loa. "Ke kālā kālā!"